X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from ispmxmta09-srv.alltel.net ([166.102.165.170] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c1) with ESMTP id 687870 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:24:07 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=166.102.165.170; envelope-from=montyr2157@alltel.net Received: from Thorstwin ([4.89.248.106]) by ispmxmta09-srv.alltel.net with SMTP id <20050831142318.BJFN6445.ispmxmta09-srv.alltel.net@Thorstwin> for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:23:18 -0500 Message-ID: <000f01c5ae37$8e80fee0$6af85904@Thorstwin> From: "Monty Roberts" To: Subject: Slobovia Hurricane Report Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:23:27 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000C_01C5AE0D.A5042F90" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C5AE0D.A5042F90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Talked to Charlie yesterday. He is without power. The hanger and house = are fine. They only had a few trees down. Jackson was on the west side = of the storm and still had 70-80mph winds out of the north all day. = Jackson may be without power for up to 3 weeks.=20 Many of my friends on the coast were not so lucky. Most of them have = lost everything. One of my friends who lives north of I-10 managed to = get through to me last night. Their house sustained significant wind = damage and a lot of trees down. They were lucky. He described looting = and the police and emergency svcs running out of gasoline. In his words = "We got nuked" A lot of Hancock county where I used to live has been = totally destroyed. The people manning the county emergency management = center are missing. The last that was heard of them they were swimming = out of the center wearing life jackets. Most of the county is low lying = and there is a network of highways and bridges that link these = communities and they are either impassable or destroyed. The community = of Diamondhead where I used to live in is considered "high ground" being = 30ft above SL and north of I-10. It was flooded. Picayune Ms (50 miles = inland) is reported destroyed. The eye basically went up the Pearl = river. The National news is concentrating on New Orleans, but the real = destruction is in MS. Entire communities are wiped off the face of the = earth. There is no news from the Pearlington, or port Bienville area. I = have also heard nothing of the communities along old HWY 90 into New = Orleans. Access to this area other than boat or helicopter is = non-existent. I hope that most of the people I know evacuated, but fear = some of them who weathered Camille and other storms stayed.=20 So far my friend Ron is the only person that I have had contact with = South of Copiah county near Jackson. Please Pray for the people in this area. They need it. Monty ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C5AE0D.A5042F90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Talked to Charlie yesterday. He is = without power.=20 The hanger and house are fine. They only had a few trees down. Jackson = was on=20 the west side of the storm and still had 70-80mph winds out of the north = all=20 day. Jackson may be without power for up to 3 weeks.
 
Many of my friends on the coast were = not so lucky.=20 Most of them have lost everything. One of my friends who lives north of = I-10=20 managed to get through to me last night. Their house sustained = significant wind=20 damage and a lot of trees down. They were lucky. He described looting = and the=20 police and emergency svcs running out of gasoline. In his words "We got = nuked" A=20 lot of Hancock county where I used to live has been totally destroyed. = The=20 people manning the county emergency management center are missing. The = last that=20 was heard of them they were swimming out of the center wearing life = jackets.=20 Most of the county is low lying and there is a network of highways and = bridges=20 that link these communities and they are either impassable or destroyed. = The=20 community of Diamondhead where I used to live in is considered = "high=20 ground" being 30ft above SL and north of I-10. It was flooded. Picayune = Ms (50=20 miles inland) is reported destroyed. The eye basically went up the Pearl = river.=20 The National news is concentrating on New Orleans, but the real = destruction is=20 in MS. Entire communities are wiped off the face of the earth. There is = no news=20 from the Pearlington, or port Bienville area. I have also heard nothing = of the=20 communities along old HWY 90 into New Orleans. Access to this area other = than=20 boat or helicopter is non-existent. I hope that most of the people I = know=20 evacuated, but fear some of them who weathered Camille and other storms = stayed.=20
 
So far my friend Ron is the only person = that I have=20 had contact with South of Copiah county near Jackson.
 
Please Pray for the people in this = area. They need=20 it.
 
Monty
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